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TGIF. Need we say more?
WEATHER
Sunny(!). Light winds and a max of 27.
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Bill Withers – Lovely Day. Because it looks like it will be …
HOROSCOPES
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PUZZLES AND GAMES
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FUNERAL NOTICES
Sydney Alexander ‘Syd’ Payne
March 23, 2021, peacefully at Coffs Haven Aged Care, late of Toormina. Beloved husband of Edie (dec’d).
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Syd’s graveside funeral service to be held in Coffs Harbour lawn cemetery, Karangi on Friday March 26, commencing at 2.30pm
Joseph Jeffrey ‘Joe Boy’ Goodrum
March 16 2021, suddenly at home late of Torrmina. Loved son of Jeffrey (dec’d) and Betty. Loving Brother of Denice, Michelle and Tanya. Beloved uncle of his extended families.
Aged 54 years. Forever missed.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Joe Boy’s funeral service to be held in the chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium and memorial gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Tuesday April 6 commencing at 11.30am. Joe boy’s funeral service will be live streamed on Keith Logue and Sons Facebook page.
Frank George Arthur Woods
March 8 2021. Family and friends to are invited to Frank’s funeral service to be held on Friday, 26th March 2021 at 10:30am in the Coffs Harbour Crematorium Chapel, Coramba Road, Karangi. Thence for interment within the Coffs Harbour Lawn Cemetery, Coramba Road, Karangi.
Bruce Staunton Parsons
March 23 2021, peacefully at Raleigh/Urunga Masonic Village, late of Urunga, formerly of Bellingen. Much loved husband of Jenny (dec’d). Loving father and father-in-law of Julie and Shane and Terry and Kim. Adored pop of Tia, Katie, Aaron and his 9 great-grandchildren. Dear brother of Colin (dec’d) and Graham. Aged 85 Years. Will be sadly missed and always remembered.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Bruce’s funeral service to be held in St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Urunga on Tuesday March 30 at 10.00am, thence for private cremation at Hogbin Drive crematorium, stadium drive, Coffs Harbour.
Cyril James Dodd
March 16 2021, passed away surrounded by love and family and Springwood Terrace Aged Care Community. Brisbane. Dearly loved husband of Betty (dec’d). Much loved father and father-in-law of Kaylened and Stephen, Mark and Gina, Peter (dec’d), Suzanne and David and Julianne.
Loved stepfather of Robyn and Ross, Helen, Peter and Andree. Loved and fondly remembered by Isla Dodd. Loving, kind grandfather and great grandfather of all their children, rest in peace poppy. Aged 89 years.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Cyril’s funeral service to be held in the chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium and memorial gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Monday March 29 commencing at 11.30am. Cyril’s funeral service will be live streamed on Keith Logue and Sons Facebook page.
Lawson Marshall ‘Lawsy’ Ney
March 3 2021, loved by his brother Carter, mum Melanie and dad David Ney. Left behind Melissa and his beautiful son Benji.
Aged 25 years. Sadly he has left us, But never to be forgotten.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Lawsy’s Graveside Funeral Service to be held in the Glenreagh Cemetery on Saturday March 27 commencing at 10.00am.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
The architects vying for coveted jetty foreshores gig: Construction works on the jetty foreshore transformation are slated to begin by mid-2021 – here’s the architects who have been short-listed.
Bluff Bridge flood warning sign in Glenreagh ‘unreadable’ say concerned locals: Residents resort to doing what they’ve always done – putting signs out themselves.
Kayakers rescue cows in distress: ‘It was so surreal, you could hear them everywhere, and the incredible thing was all the spiders on the water.’
Mid North Coast flood appeal begins with warning over unwanted goods: good Samaritans can focus donations in better ways to stop disaster areas being inundated with junk.
ON THIS DAY
1027 Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Salian dynasty
1812 Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and kills an estimated 15,000–20,000 people
1871 Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris to form Commune government
1909 In support of Mohammed Ali Shah‘s coup d’etat against the constitutional government in Persia, a Russian military force invades northern Persia to relieve the siege of Tabriz
1942 First “Eichmann transport” to Auschwitz & Birkenau concentration camps
1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine to prevent Polio, clinical trials began the next year
1966 Large-scale anti-Vietnam War protests take place in the United States, including in New York, Washington, D.C. and Chicago
1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares its independence from Pakistan
Hundreds of sandstone blocks to protect critically endangered birds
Never mind the bollards: Hundreds of sandstone blocks have been left on a Coffs Coast foreshore to protect critically endangered shorebirds increasingly at risk of extinction.
‘Disillusioned’ ex-GM back in game as mayoral hopefuls battle it out
What could draw a man with five decades of experience in local government out of retirement to run for council? Ray Smith is just one of the Clarence Valley candidates vying for mayor.